That's why I don't think this is a best job for a template. It definitely should be done by some kind of extension or gadget instead.
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Happy Melon <[email protected]> wrote: > Enwiki's {{convert}} template is a behemoth of a structure which is > intended to do this. I once made an attempt to write a PHP-side extension > to do it (look at the revision history of the ParserFunctions extension), > but it never took off [1]. I don't think there was ever any enthusiasm to > take the ability to "tinker" with the formatting and output ({{convert}} > has a million and one different stylistic variations and parameters) away > from wiki template editors. > > --HM > > [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40039 > > > On 17 January 2014 10:56, Jasper Deng <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would like to ask, how are significant figures going to be dealt with? >> 300 could mean anything from one to three significant figures, for example. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Marc Ordinas i Llopis < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 9:58 AM, Petr Bena <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > > For example you would say the object has width of {{unit|cm=20}} and >> > > people who prefer cm would see 20 cm in article text, but people who >> > > prefer inches would see 7.87 inch. >> > >> > >> > This is a great idea! As proposed it'd be very helpful, but maybe it'd be >> > better if it showed the original text and a conversion on mouse-over >> (maybe >> > with a small icon to indicate it, like external links). >> > >> > >> > > This could be even based on >> > > geolocation for IP users >> > > >> > > >> > Oh, please, don't use IP geolocation for anything. It's terrible for >> people >> > travelling, using proxies, living abroad, living in places where more >> than >> > one languages are commonly spoken, learning new languages… If you want to >> > get an initial default, use Accept-Language (like, inches for en-US and >> cm >> > for anyone else :) and allow the user to modify it. >> > >> > Thanks, >> > Marc >> > _______________________________________________ >> > Wikitech-l mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
